Diffen:Catholicism is the largest denomination of Christianity. All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics. A Christian refers to a follower of Jesus Christ who may be a Catholic, Protestant, Gnostic, Mormon, Evangelical, Anglican or Orthodox, or follower of another branch of the religion.
A Catholic is a Christian who follows the Catholic religion as transmitted through the succession of Popes. The Pope is the leader of the Catholic church. The Catholic church is the largest of the Christian churches - about 60% of Christians are Catholic.
I don't really sit well with that definition as Diffen lumps Gnostics and Mormons in with us decent people! jar would patiently explain that in the group known as Christianity there are many many clubs. We will just have to all agree to disagree. More from Diffen:
Catholic vs Protestant
Diffen:Mormons consider themselves to be Christians but Mormonism has historically had an uneasy relationship with traditional Christianity and its branches such as the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and most branches of Protestantism. This is primarily due to the fact that adherents to Mormonism claim that the movement is a "restoration" of the earliest Christian and Judaic doctrines. Mormonism is considered to have branched from Christianity but differs in certain beliefs.
According to the Latter Day Saints (Mormons), Mormonism and Christianity are identical; Mormonism restores and perfects Christianity. However, traditional Christianity regards Mormonism as a departure from Christianity, or a corruption of it.
Diffen:Gnosticism describes a collection of ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material world - which they viewed as created by the demiurge - and embraced the spiritual world.
GIA would be better off dropping all religion rather than clinging to that one! The demons play around with people's minds there.
And of course, the progressives would argue that we should simply throw out the whole kit & kaboodle of religions and become secularists. Mike Huckabee and his daughter would not be amused.
As for Trump, keep in mind that there was once a prophecy about him from a 100% authentic prophet.
I am legally enjoined from entering a church (or being within 100 yards of a catholic church) for fear of major property damage. Whenever I enter a church, especially catholic, all the statues jump up screaming and crash through the stained-glass windows to get away. Including the demons hiding behind the altar.
I used to relish watching the hem of the stone blue shawl over the stone virgin mary cracking on the high curbs as she high-stepped it through the parking lot.
The reason for the injunction is because the holy water trick didn't work. It just made me wet. The archdiocese was spending a fortune trying to replacing everything.
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Abhorrence of God or anything holy is one of the symptoms of demonic influence/possession. Then again, your phobia could be the result of mental illness (your psychiatrist has probably already made you aware of that).
It's sad that u seem to prefer darkness over the light that u've been hiding from all your life. But the light will catch up with u eventually ... there is no escape.
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